Fiscal Report

As the cornerstone of School Services of California Inc.'s integrated services, the Fiscal Report provides real-time updates on issues affecting the finances and management of school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education. This essential resource keeps clients informed of the status and potential ramifications of impending state government actions, both legislative and regulatory, as well as state apportionments, court decisions, elections, and other education-impacting events.

Volume 36 No. 6
  • Top Legislative Issues for 2016—March 25, 2016
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—3/24/16
  • Ventura COE May Revision Workshop Location Is Now Full
  • A Report on the State of School Facilities
  • Ask SSC . . . Can We Prorate the Salary for Exempt Employees?
  • By the Way . . . The 2016 Edition of CSAM Released
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is the Proposed Overtime Ruling?
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is the CalSTRS Earnings Limitation for Next Year?
  • State Revenues in February Beat Forecast by 12.7%
  • By the Way . . . We Want to Report a Story With a Happy Ending
  • Ask SSC . . . What Can We Do to Deal With the CalSTRS and CalPERS Rate Increases?
  • Join School Services of California, Inc., and California State PTA for the “Strategies for Effective Family Engagement Forum”
  • By the Way . . . State Board of Education to Consider LCAP Revisions—Input Requested
  • SBE Discusses New Accountability and Continuous Improvement System and the CAASPP
  • Ask SSC . . . What Is the CalSTRS On-Behalf Rate for 2015-16?
  • Assembly Leadership Changes
  • Consequences of Excessive Gifts and Contributions on Construction Contracts
Volume 36 No. 5
  • Top Legislative Issues for 2016—March 11, 2016
  • Ask SSC . . . What Are the Required Instructional Minutes for a Charter School?
  • 2015-16 First Interim Report Negative and Qualified Certifications
  • Ask SSC . . . What Are the Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes That Must Be Offered?
  • Assembly Member Anthony Rendon Sworn in as Assembly Speaker
  • The Local Decision-Making Quandary—Part Three
  • Current Rules for Working After Retirement
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—3/4/16
  • 2016 CalPERS Compensation Limits Released
  • Register Now for Our May Revision Workshop
  • 2016 CASBO Annual Conference Is a Must-Attend Event
  • By the Way . . . U.S. Department of Education Proposes Disproportionality Rule
  • Ask SSC . . . How Do You Calculate Step and Column Costs?
  • LAO Would Short Proposition 98 to Retire Higher Priority State Debt
  • OPSC Corrections to SFP Grants and Developer Fee Rate Annnounced
Volume 36 No. 4
  • LAO Analysis of the 2016-17 Governor's State Budget Proposal for Child Care and Preschool Programs
  • Ask SSC . . . How Should We Account for the Loss of EPA Funding if Proposition 30 Is Not Extended?
  • Ask SSC . . . Why Is the 2015-16 LCFF Gap Rate Lower Than What Was Estimated in the Adopted Budget?
  • Second Interim Report Considerations
  • The Local Decision-Making Quandary—Part Two
  • Supreme Court Vacancy Update
  • 2015-16 First Principal Apportionment Certified
  • By the Way . . . CDE Extends CALPADS Fall 1 Amendment Window
  • Critical Deadlines and Funding Opportunities—2/22/16
  • Ask SSC . . . Do We Have to Start Our School Attendance Month on a Monday?
  • By the Way . . . United States Department of Education Launches Campaign to Eliminate Chronic Absenteeism
  • LAO Sheds Light on Complex State Reserve Requirements
  • By the Way . . . Openings for California Practitioners Advisory Group
  • Sales Taxes Fall Short According to Latest Finance Bulletin
  • LAO Releases Analysis of the Governor's Proposition 98 Proposed Spending Plan
  • By the Way . . . New Directors for the CDE Government Affairs Division and School Facilities and Transportation Division Announced
  • By the Way . . . Governor Jerry Brown Appoints Amy Costa as Chief Deputy Director for Budget at the California Department of Finance
  • OPSC Announces Corrections to SFP Grants and Developer Fee Rate
  • The Loss of the Longest-Serving Justice of the Supreme Court
  • By the Way . . . LAO Report Shows Potential for More Money Owed to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund
  • By the Way . . . LAO Releases Analysis on 2016-17 State Human Services Budget